JOINT AREA REVIEW

1. JOINT AREA REVIEW REPORT FEEDBACK SUMMARY AND UPDATE Thurrock Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – JAR 2006-2007

2. Process • Draft report went through scrutiny and challenge process within OFSTED and other inspectorates • Report draft came to Local Authority and was checked for accuracy by Council and partners • Further meeting of Council JAR leads with lead inspector to review draft • Final report presented to lead reps from Partner agencies, Council and elected members Thurrock Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – JAR 2006-2007

3. Context • Report now in public domain • Available and accessible • Reported on in press • Disseminating key messages for all staff across partnership • Moving on from JAR at pace Thurrock Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – JAR 2006-2007

4. Be Healthy Strengths • Children and young people generally healthy • Effective parent support programmes • Implemented a range of effective strategies which have had an impact of health outcomes • Implemented some effective strategies that have had an impact on health promotion • Some effective work for specific groups within our community Thurrock Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – JAR 2006-2007

5. Be Healthy Areas for Improvement • Oral health outcomes • Increased preventative work and improve outcomes in some areas • Child Health surveillance • CAMHS Service issues • Further development of joint working on commissioning Thurrock Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – JAR 2006-2007

6. Stay Safe Emerging Strengths • ARCS / Common Assessment Framework development • Strategic Partnership arrangements • CRB Compliance • Provision for Looked After Children/Children and Young People with Learning Difficulty and Disability • Early intervention policy beginning to have impact Thurrock Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – JAR 2006-2007

7. Stay Safe Areas for Improvement • Timeliness and quality of assessments and decision making • Quality assuring safeguarding policy and practice • Partnership arrangements responding to Domestic Violence Thurrock Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – JAR 2006-2007

8. Enjoy and Achieve Emerging Strengths • School improvement impact in some areas • Young people’s views about schools and education • Information of parents and carers • Targeting of early years provision • Using data • Variety of approaches to support raising standards • Inclusion approach and practice Thurrock Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – JAR 2006-2007

9. Enjoy/Achieve Areas for Improvement • Prioritising education more explicitly • Improving support to schools in some targeted areas • School placement, admissions and forward planning • Support for pupils from BME communities • Range of sport, leisure and cultural facilities Thurrock Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – JAR 2006-2007

10. Positive Contribution Emerging Strengths • Emotional and social development support programmes for parents and children • Voluntary sector support • Youth Cabinet and some work on voice of CYP • Mentoring arrangements • Aspects of tackling anti-social behaviour and tackling offending • Support for some vulnerable groups • Support for LAC and Leaving Care Thurrock Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – JAR 2006-2007

11. Positive ContributionAreas for Improvement • Breadth of consultation and engagement of Children and Young People • Raising aspirations of children, young people and their families • Work to address race and hate crime issues • Support for Young Carers • Waiting lists for some therapeutic services Thurrock Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – JAR 2006-2007

12. Economic Well BeingEmerging Strengths • Support for families and parents/carers of younger children • Some aspects of youth provision for EWB • Support from Connexions • Some aspects of progress at 14-19 • Support for young people with learning difficulties and disabilities Thurrock Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – JAR 2006-2007

13. Economic Well-BeingAreas for Improvement • Numbers of young people in Education, Employment or Training • Overall outcomes and progress at 14-19 • Take up and access to work based learning • Provision for young people with LDD Thurrock Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – JAR 2006-2007

14. Local services overall Council services Health services Being healthy 2 Staying safe 2 Enjoying and achieving 2 Making a positive contribution 2 Achieving economic well-being 1 Service management 2 Capacity to improve 2 2 Children’s services 2 The education service 2 The social care services for children 2 The health service for children 2 Overall Judgements Thurrock Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – JAR 2006-2007

15. Bigger PictureKey Themes • The Thurrock Agenda • Borough – wide change • Multi-agency practice • Performance management • Involvement of young people • Plans and strategies Thurrock Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – JAR 2006-2007

16. Bigger Picture Key Messages • Good feedback from CYP • Platform for the future • Post-Jar measures well underway • Positive and timely moves forward already Thurrock Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – JAR 2006-2007